Ranger Tales

Chapter 9: New Enemies

A/N: This story is set in an alternate universe where the Alien Rangers arc never happened, although the Alien Rangers do exist. Carri Hillard and all things relating to Carri, including Jessica McClintock, belong to KJ with many thanks. Azazel belongs to Eric Kripke. Gol belongs to me. I used Phaedos as the source of the Ninjetti Powers, but Ninjor exists and is the acknowledged creator of Ninjetti. Also, this story has nothing to do with my previous two. The episodes in which Billy went to Aquitar did not happen in this fic. In this fic, Tommy and Kim have not broken up. From here and on, it develops into a completely original story.

Also, let me know what you think, I appreciate the feedback. As always, thank you for reading.

Zedd sat upon his throne. His recent plans had all ended in disaster, the Stones of Time, the evil Zeo Ranger, everything. The Rangers graduation was coming up in another day or two, he could not let them have that day, he swore to himself he would find a way to kill them before then, or even during. Those brats had caused him nothing but trouble for three years now, four for Rita. Four years and they had never been able to kill a Ranger. The thought infuriated him. Dark Specter had a plan to kill them, along with the other Rangerd of the universe, but it would be another year before he would be ready to enact that plan. Zedd simply couldn't wait that long.

To make matters worse that self absorbed Divatox had been hanging around as of late. Zedd wished he could defy Dark Specter and take her out, she annoyed him to no end. He would rather hear Rito call him "Ed" for the rest of eternity than put up with her. He didn't even know why she hung around, Dark Specter hadn't sent her. He'd checked on that. The more he thought about it, the more he began to think that she was simply there to annoy him. Like she knew her presence drove him insane. He had had to stop Rita from killing her on more than one occasion. He didn't know why, but for reason he did care for that witch. It was strange for him, he'd only ever cared about himself, and power. Everyone else was expendable, but not Rita. No, something had changed him.

As he sat there, emersed in his thoughts, Rita entered the throne room. She looked up at her husband, her thoughts of overthrowing him long forgotten. After a short while she began to crave his affections, she actually enjoyed having his ugly mug around. Though she would never admit it. What had surprised her was that Goldar had removed the love potion, only for her to find that Zedd truly did love her. That made her the happiest she'd been since being set free four years ago.

She knew that all of their plans as of late had failed, for the past few months they'd done nothing special. A few Tenga's here, a recycled monster or two there, but now it was time to throw the Rangers a new bone. She had been hard at work, and she finally had a plan for defeating the Rangers. She just hoped Zedd would agree with it. "Zeddie," she began, snapping him out of his own thoughts.

"What is it?" he asked grumpily, he had been working on a plan to kill the Rangers, the last thing he needed was to interrupted.

"I have a plan for defeating the Power Rangers," she said happily. Zedd's grumpiness didn't get to her anymore, she'd grown used to it. It still made her mad at times, but that was only when she had a headache.

"Go on." He found himself intrigued that she had a plan for the first time in a long time, he was anxious to see what it was.

"Well, Rito informed me-"

Zedd was quick to cut her off, if it was something that Rito suggested he wasn't interested. Ever since that bag of bones lost to their Ninjetti Powers he had become a worthless idiot. "I don't want to here it. Not if Rito suggested it."

"But Zeddie, he didn't," she whined, "he informed me that my Uncle Gol is in the galaxy. He's even more powerful than Daddy! If I can get in contact with him then I can get him to aid us!"

Zedd thought about that, he had heard of Gol centuries ago. He was supposed to be a ruthless warrior, one the best in the field. If they could get to him, then they could certainly stop the Rangers before their graduation. It was worth a shot at least. "Go. Contact him. Tell him it's an emergency."

Rita squealed "Oh Zeddie! I was hoping you'd say that, Uncle Gol is-"

"Go!" he shouted, his temper wearing thin. Quickly Rita ran off to contact her uncle. Zedd hoped that she would be successful, it would ensure their victory.

High school was over and graduation was a mere day away. The Rangers couldn't believe it. After four hard years a chapter in their lives was coming to a close. They'd been through it all; Rita's release, becoming Power Rangers, Tommy nearly killing them, Zedd taking over, Tommy losing his Green Ranger Powers permanently and gaining the White Ranger Powers, the Peace Conferences, new teammates, losing their Powers to Ivan and Rito, meeting Dulcea and becoming Ninjetti, the Command Centers destruction at the hands of Mondo, to now. So much had happened in those halls. Tommy's fondest memories were with Kim when they'd sneak into the janitors closet and under the bleachers. He smiled at the memories.

Jason's were of his friends, meeting Tommy who he considered his bro, and of course Emily. He knew he'd cherish those memories forever. He tried to challenge himself, see how many times he and Emily snuck into either an empty room or a janitors closet to have a make out session. He lost count after ten. He chuckled to himself, he was happy to have found her. Her blonde hair and blue eyes drove him nuts, it was all he could do to control himself sometimes when he was around her. He turned to look at her and leaned in to give her a kiss. She smiled at him and kissed him back.

Rocky looked up at the school, cap and gown in hand. Graduation practice had just ended. He was going to miss this old school. More so than his school in Stone Canyon, that school had memories of his freshman year girlfriend. She moved away towards the end of the year, to New York of all places, the same place his current girlfriend was from. She had bawled like a baby when she'd found out she was moving, it didn't bother him much. He thought their relationship was fun, but it wasn't long term. Not like the one he has with Carri. Carri he could see himself spending the rest of his life with, Jessica McClintock he could not. He sighed, it was on to USC next year, luckily all five Rangers had been accepted. Emily was going to stay in Angel Grove and work for Ernie, while also attending Angel Grove Community College. The fifth Ranger that was accepted was Kim.

Kim was supposed to move back a couple months ago, but everything was somehow screwed up so no she wouldn't be back until the middle of summer. Rocky and the others were making their way across the parking lot when he heard his name get called out. He turned to see a bouncing blonde headed his way. Recognition set in and he groaned "Oh no..." Carri looked at him curiously, she wondered how he knew Jessica.

"Jessica!" Carri yelled in response, as Rocky let out another "Oh God no..." Jessica was the only friend Carri had in New York. She had others, but they were high life socialites like her mom. It was one reason she wanted to leave so badly. But Jessica was totally different, she disliked Carri's other "friends" as much as Carri did, which was why the duo got along so well.

Jessica McClintock turned to see the brunette staring at her. It took her a moment but she recognized her old friend from her sophomore and junior years of high school. "Carri!" the two ran and gave each other a hug. "Carri what're you doing here?" she asked, she knew her said she was moving to California, but she didn't think she meant Angel Grove, California.

"I told I was moving to California, did I not tell you the city?" Jessica shook her head no. "Oh I'm sorry. Well, yeah. Here I am, Angel Grove. I'm graduating from Angel Grove High tomorrow along with everyone else back there." She gestured to her three friends and her boyfriend behind her.

"Well that's nice. I graduated from Manhattan International High School last week. I just moved back to California yesterday. I got accepted to USC!" she squealed.

"Oh yeah? Guess what?" she raised an eyebrow and Jessica asked what. "So did we," she pointed to everyone except Emily.

"Rocky got accepted?" she asked, sounding amazed.

"Yeah. Hey, how do you know Rocky anyway?" Carri questioned, that had been nagging at the back of her mind ever since Jessica showed up. She wanted to know how her friend an her boyfriend knew each other. Judging by Rocky's reaction it wasn't on good terms.

"I told sophomore year, remember? I was sad about leaving my boyfriend Rocky behind." Carri looked at her, she had no idea this was the Rocky she meant. "And now that I'm back we can pick up where we left off, can't we sweetie?" she said, looking past Carri and over at the groaning Rocky.

Rocky was about to say something when Carri cut in. "No. I'm afraid you can't." Jessica gave her a confused look, there was no reason she and Rocky couldn't get back together. As far as she was concerned they never broke up.

"And why not?" Jessica asked, placing her hands on her hips.

"Because-"

"Because I'm with Carri," Rocky interrupted. "Jessica, we broke up when you moved. Remember? You said we could make long distance work, and I said I didn't want to try."

"Right, and I said that it would work, then you said whatever." Jessica recapped the conversation they'd had three years ago.

"But I also threw my arms up in disgust and walked away. Jessica, we broke up three years ago and now I'm with Carri." Rocky looked at her sternly as he spoke "You need to move on."

Jessica glared at Carri and said "I can't believe you. You leave me alone in New York, all you can come and steal my boyfriend? You're just like all those other friends of yours!"

Carri clenched her jaw and began tapping her foot so she wouldn't be tempted to say anything, or do anything. "Jessica, she didn't take me away from you. I asked her out because you and I were, are, finished." Rocky said as he placed his hands on Carri's shoulders in an attempt to calm her down.

"That's right, so get over it. Move on," Carri snapped.

"Rocky, how can you be with her? Don't you see how mean she is?" Jessica asked, pushing her lower lip out. Rocky sighed, it was better for them to just walk away.

"Come on Carri," he said, guiding her away from Jessica and into his car. Once they were inside and out of sight he grumbled "Looks like things haven't changed much."

Carri turned to face him, her anger face still on. "What's that mean?" She wondered if he was talking about her or if he meant Jessica.

"When we were in the eighth grade she always tried to get my attention, it drove me nuts to be honest. It's like she was obsessed-"

"Was?" Carri questioned, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Okay, is obsessed. Finally in our freshman year of high school I broke down and agreed to date her. I can see now that was a mistake. She moved to New York towards the end of the year. Her mom was an employee for local news station in Stone Canyon. Some news company in New York saw one of her reports and offered her a job working for them, she took it for the extra money. Jessica was hurt-"

"Devastated," Carri corrected him. "She wen on for months about how she missed her Rocky." Carri clenched her teeth again.

"Alright, devastated. She was devastated that she had to leave me. I on the other hand didn't mind. I mean, our relationship was fun, but it I never meant for it to be long term, not like ours." He flashed her a smile, and continued once he saw the corners of her mouth twitch. "Anyway, she wanted to give long distance a try, an I said no. But she persisted and I said whatever and walked away. As in, whatever I'm through with you and this discussion. Not, whatever fine let's do it. Apparently she thought I meant the latter though."

"Apparently." Carri snorted, here she thought she'd be hanging out with an old friend, but instead she apparently made an enemy out of her. "You know what pisses me off the most?" Rocky glanced at her, shrugging his shoulders. "She says I'm no better than the other "friends" I had in New York." She huffed "I mean, we were always talking about how snooty they were. She knew I disliked them as much she did, and now she has the nerve to say I'm just like them?!"

"You looked like you were about to hit her."

"Oh I woud've mauled her. She was seriously pissing me off."

"Good thing I was there, you're over eighteen now. You could get arrested," he pointed out.

"I'm not worried about that. I could afford bail. But," she sighed "whether the public knows my identity or not, I suppose it wouldn't look good for a Power Ranger to get arrested, huh?" Rocky flashed her a goofy grin.

"Nope. Not to mention Tommy would rip you a new one if you did," he chuckled.

"Oh shut up," she gave him a light nudge.

"Well I'm sorry, but I would probably laugh." She turned and stuck her tongue out at him while making a face.

While Rocky and Carri were driving back to her place, Jason and Emily were driving back to the Youth Center so she could get to work. Jason was in no hurry, Ernie told Emily to come in when she could, and Jason wanted to spend as much time with her as possible. "I think I saw my soap for the day," Emily teased, referenceing the the verbal fight between Carri and Jessica earlier.

"Yeah, I swore to never watch a chick flick, and yet I just wintnessed the makings of one," he chuckled. He felt bad for Rocky, if that blonde was going to go to USC as well then he'd be the rope in a game of tug of war for four years. That's where Jason was glad he'd only ever had one girlfriend, and that girl was sitting right next to him at this very moment.

Emily reached over and smacked his arm. "Ow, what was that for?" he questioned, flashing her a smile.

"Two things," she held up two fingers as she spoke. "One; if you intend to stay with me then you are going to watch a few chick flicks. No excuses," she teased. "And two; I can't velieve you never told me you were the original Red Ranger."

Jason turned to look at her curiously. "How did you find that out?" He had a pretty good idea, she'd either asked one of the other Rangers , or that was where her time stone had taken her months ago.

"I was sent back to your fight against the Green Ranger when we received those time stones back in March," she replied.

"Yeah, I'll never trust another clown again. Except, of course, Rocky," joked. He found the situation earlier rather humorous. His comment earned him another smack. "So why are you bringing it up now?"

She shrugged "Honestly, it just crossed my mind. I kept meaning to bring it up, and kept forgetting."

Jason shrugged his shoulders and pulled into the Youth Center parking lot. "Shit happens. See you later?"

"Absolutely." She leaned over and gave him a kiss before she got out and walked in.

He sighed as he drove off, he was going to have to enjoy this summer with her. Next year he'd be in LA while she was still here in Angel Grove. The thought saddened him a little, but he knew they'd make it work. They managed to make their relationship work around Rangering. That also had him slightly down, soon she wouldn't be a Ranger anymore. Kim would be back and would take over the Powers. He knew Emily would be glad, and he'd be glad that she wouldn't be rushing into danger everyday, but it still saddened him a little. He pushed those thoughts aside as he pulled into Tommy's driveway. The two Rangers were going to head over to LA for the rest of the day and look at apartments. Jason refused to stay in a dorm room, unlike Tommy who had decided to stay in a dorm. he honked his horn twice before the Red Ranger opened up his door and came out. He must have just gotten back and set his stuff down.

Rita came bouncing into the throne room "Good news Zeddie!"

"What?" Zedd asked, she must have got her uncle to agree to help them out.

"Uncle Gol has agreed to help us out!" she couldn't help but cackle at the thought of the death of those Rangers.

"Ugh, will someone please shut her up," Divatox groaned. She couldn't take Rita screech of a voice, it drove her nuts. She didn't even know why she stuck around. Perhaps it was because she didn't want to do any real work, here all she had to do was look pretty and come up with battle strategies. Anywhere else she'd have to get out and fight, and get dirty, and she did not want that.

Rita was beaming, she had used her old crystal ball to contact her Uncle Gol. He was over on Saturn overseeing some things for Dark Specter, but he agreed to help his favorite neice out. When she told him about his own brother, Master Vile, failing it made him even more determined to clear him family name and restore honor to it. "He should be here in-" She was abruptly cut off by a loud crack of thunder and a thick black cloud of smoke. "now," she corrected.

Standing before them was a man in a purple trench coat, dark blue hair, a monocle, and two swords. Along his bottom jaw was half a jaw bone connected to his own jaw, his eyes were yellow, and the sclera was black. He smiled at Rita and said "Rita! So good to see you!"

"Uncle Gol!" Rita called as she scurried over for a quick hug.

"So," Gol said, straightening his jacket, "tell me again what it is you want me to do." He knew perfectly well what to do, he just wanted to hear it again. It always made him happy to hear someone say that they wanted him to kill for them.

Rita humored him and repeated " I'd like for you to kill the Power Rangers! They're Zordon's brat and they've been bugging me for four years!" Rita huffed, it always made her mad to think of how many losses she suffered at the hands of them.

"But of course, of course," Gol cooed. "But first, I must meet this husband of yours. Vile talks like he's the trash of the universe-"

"He's right," Divatox grumbled, interrupting Gol. She was so bored sitting there. She crossed her legs and watched as a couple of roaches crawled across the floor. How they got up there she didn't know, they must have climbed on Goldar or Elgar at some point. Or even Rito. She lashed her tongue out, catching one and swallowing it whole while she maneuvered her foot and stepped on the other, squealing as it crunched beneath her boot. It felt good to kill something, even it was a meaningless kill.

"Yes well," Gol said, glaring at Divatox, "I want to form my own opinion of him. Now where is he?"

Zedd was sitting in his throne, he heard everything that had been said. He didn't much care for Vile either. As for Divatox, he'd let her comment slide for now. He didn't feel like getting into any arguements. "I'm right here," Zedd said as he stood and made his way over to Gol. He looked Gol over, he certainly didn't look intimidating.

"Ah, Zedd, so good to finally meet you!" He held his hand out and Zedd shook it. he certainly wasn't intimidating at all, he was too polite. "I hear you've taken good care of my little neice, even saved her from King Mondo. Don't worry, he won't be back. Dark Specter repaired and reprogrammed him. He'll do as Lord Specter himself wishes."

Zedd honestly hadn't given Mondo much thought, they'd left him and his family to rust and rot on the moons surface. But it was good to hear that hunk of scrap metal was apparently good for something other than rusting. "Ah, the great King Mondo is now nothing more than a little lackey. That just made my day. Now, if you could kill those Power Punks, that would make my life!" Zedd let out a laugh at the thought of the Rangers demise.

"But of course," Gol said, making just as flashy an exit and he did an entrance.

"Do you guys really think," Divatox paused as she crushed another scurrying roach, once again showing delight. "That he can really kill them? I mean come on Frita, he's...he's too polite."

"That's where your wrong," Rita said with a grin. "And it's RITA!" she bellowed. "Do you remember the attack on planet Jokus?" Divatox nodded her head yes. "That was him. All by himself, an entire defense force wiped out in an hour, the planet within the day. My uncle's the greatest!"

Divatox let that sink in, he destroyed an entire planet in under a day. She smiled and let out an evil laugh as she thought about how filthy rich a man like that could make her. It was enough to make her want to marry him, if only for the money it would ensure.

Later that afternoon Tommy and Jason were over in LA looking at apartments close to the school. "This looks like a nice place," Tommy commented.

"Yeah, it does. It's nice, three bedrooms, a nice living room, nice kitchen. Perfect for the ideal college student. I think I'll go talk with the landlord." Just as soon as the word left his mouth their communicators chripred. "Go ahead."

"Guys, you're needed in Angel Grove, some new guys is wandering the streets calling for the Power Rangers," Billy's voice rang through.

"On it," Tommy replied. "It's morphin' time!"

"Zeo Ranger IV, Green!"

"Zeo Ranger V, Red!"

The two Zeo's made their way to the battle field and watched as Rocky and Carri joined them. Emily was nowhere to be seen. "She may not have been able to get away," Jason pointed out. With school letting out the Youth Center was guranteed to be packed.

"Right," Tommy agreed. "Who are you?" he asked the new enemy.

Gol looked at them strangely "So this is what Power Rangers look like. Not very impressive." He frowned as he said "I called Gol Gullovitch. Rita Repulsa's uncle."

Rocky shook his head as he said "First Rita, then Zedd, Rito, Vile, and now this guy? How many family members does she have?"

Carri rolled her eyes "It doesn't matter, we'll take them all down." She was looking for a way to relieve the anger that Jessica caused earlier, and kicking his ass was as a way as any. She quickly jumped in to attack him, Zeo Laser Sword drawn. She swung it down at him, and he quickly blocked it with his own blade, pushing her back into Rocky.

"Is that all you've got? 'Cause if it is, you may as well surrender now," Gol said with a yawn. From what Rita had told him these Rangers were nearly unbeatable, now he was beginning to wonder if his neice was just weak.

"Let's attack him together," Tommy ordered. They all summoned their Zeo Power Weapons and attacked him at once. Gol drew his other sword and sent them all flying backwards. Tommy stood and ran at him, sword ready for impalement. He thrust it forward and Gol blocked it with the tip of his own sword. Tommy brought his Zeo Laser Sword out and swung it at him, managing a hit thanks to osmeone firing at him with their pistol.

The shot that the Blue Ranger fired it Gol in his monocle, shattering it. That alone pissed him off and he threw his sword at the Blue Ranger, watching as it hit his side as he jumped out of the way. "That'll teach him not to shoot at me," Gol growled.

Suddenly everyone heard "It's time for a Gold Rush!" and a black streak flew through the air, striking Gol multiple times, and shredding his coat. Once the black streak settled down it materialized into the Gold Ranger, Trey of Triforia. "I couldn't let you guys have all the fun," he smiled beneath his helmet. The truth was he'd been tracking Gol, following his movements ever since he became apart of Dark Specters army. He had already informed Zordon of the monarchs plans, and Zordon told him he was prepared for whatever may happen. Trey had to trust him on that.

"You think one more Ranger will stop me?" Gol asked, he stood straight up and held both of his swords straight out at his sides. His eyes glowed red and in an instant he stood behind the Green Ranger. Jason quickly turned and thrust his axes at him, connecting and sending him flying over to Carri, who her Power Clubs and knocked him away.

Gol stood up and a bolt of energy hit him, making him grow to city wrecking size. He laughed he looked down at the puny Rangers. "We need Super Zeo Zord Power, Now!" Tommy called. the five Zords came barrelling towards them and each Ranger jumped into their respective Zord while Billy piloted the Pink Super Zeo Zord from the Power Chamber. They wasted no time in bringing them together and forming MegaZord, easily defeating Gol then. He quickly retreated back to the Lunar Palace.

Meanwhile, after the MegaZord was formed an Earthquake began to shake the foundation of the Power Chamber. A cloud of black smoke seaped through the doors and into Billy through his mouth. His eyes turned a sickly yellow and, after throwing Alpha aside, he walked up to the console and began pressing buttons, a few minute later Zordon vanished and the Rangers entered the Power Chamber. They quickly noticed that Zordon was gone. "What have you done?" Tommy demanded, forcing Billy to turn around. Billy smiled at him, eyes still that sickly yellow and he laughed.

"I just ensured that Dark Specter doesn't interfere with my endgame, that's all. I sent him a present. An interdimensional present at that." Before Tommy could say or do anything a thick, black cloud of smoke poured out of Billy's mouth and out the doors. Leaving the Power Chamber hauntingly quiet.

Up on the moon Dark Specter sent a transmission to the Lunar Palace, demanding that everyone there report to the Cimmerian Planet, as he had great news.

The next day was graduation. The Rangers were supposed to be happy, but Zordon was gone and they ahd no idea where he was. They didn't see a whole lot to be happy about. As they were standning in line, waiting for their names to be called out, Tommy felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned and saw Kim standing behind him in her own cap and gown. "Kim, hey!" he said, startled to see her there. "What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming back until mid-summer."

She shrugged and said with a smile "I lied. I wanted to surprise you today." She leaned up and gave him a kiss, letting him know exactly how she wanted to surprise him. "What's everyone bummed about?"

Tommy sighed and went on to explain to her about the attack on them the day before, Billy's temporary possession, Zordon's capture, and how they ahd no idea how to find him. Alpha was practically destroyed, Billy said he'd try and repair him, but it may take him up to a year to complete. They were lucky they still had their Powers, at least that's what Billy said. That demon could have easily destroyed the Power Chamber, but instead opted to leave them with their Powers for the time being. Billy had said he was going to upgrade the Power Chambers defenses so that not even a demon could penetrate it. Once he was through Kim looked down at the ground.

"Hey, it's okay beautiful, we'll find him. Don't worry." Tommy assured her as he held her chin in his hand and gave her a kiss.

"Tommy's right, we're, y'know," Jason pointed to his communicator, "there's nothing we can't handle."

Kim smiled "Yeah, I guess your right about that. We'll teach that DS guy a thing or two."

Tommy laughed "That's the spirit."

End Part I.

A/N: Part II Will be posted under this same story, and will focus on the Rangers freshman year of college. I know, Zordon has been captured whole year early, so this will assume that PRiS takes two years to complete. What did everyone think of part I?